On 30 January 2013 13:06, Joop Boonen <joop_boonen@web.de> wrote:

Hi Željko,

On 2013-01-30 12:47, Željko Filipin wrote:

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Hi,

I usually buy a prepaid SIM card when I am traveling abroad. Does anybody have recommendations which one to take? It would be great if I could buy it at the airport, but that is optional.

I don't know if you can buy it from a store, but Mobile Vikings is cheap. https://mobilevikings.com/bel/**en/ <https://mobilevikings.com/bel/en/>

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I would mostly use the it for internet access. I would probably send a text message here and there. It would be nice to be able to call somebody local, but I almost never use that.

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Would also recommend Mobile Viking, though you should be aware they do not cover all places in Belgium. You can order a SIM on-line. -- "Life on Earth may be expensive, but it comes with a free ride around the Sun."

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Joop Boonen <joop_boonen@web.de> wrote:

I don't know if you can buy it from a store, but Mobile Vikings is cheap. https://mobilevikings.com/bel/**en/ <https://mobilevikings.com/bel/en/>

Thanks. I have checked, they do not have a store in Brussels. Željko

Base also have its Plan C for heavy users wich is 15 euro but then comes with 15 euro cap to each modes : calls, SMS and data. If you use more then this amount, it end up being unlimited till end of month. Le 30 janv. 2013 14:20, "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@computer.org> a écrit :

Am 30.01.2013 um 12:47 schrieb Željko Filipin:

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Hi,

I usually buy a prepaid SIM card when I am traveling abroad. Does anybody have recommendations which one to take? It would be great if I could buy it at the airport, but that is optional.

I would mostly use the it for internet access. I would probably send a text message here and there. It would be nice to be able to call somebody local, but I almost never use that.

Last year we bought prepaid cards from "base" right at the airport. The store is in the shopping area when leaving baggage claim and going to train, bus, taxi. If I remember correctly it was ~15 EUR and the card did work in Openmoko and other phones.

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Thanks to everybody for the advice, I will probably buy Base SIM at the airport. fyi, for anyone still considering that, that's what I did, and it worked great. Very friendly gentleman right there, took all of 60 seconds for

On 01/31/2013 08:02 AM, Z(eljko Filipin wrote: the whole transaction. Note that the manual is only in French and Dutch, so it took me a bit (and my rusty French skills) to realize the opening 'unlock SIM' screen you get is from Base, and requires a 1111 (and was not a failure on my part to unlock my phone). Fifteen Euros, then I converted ten to data by texting SAFE10 to 1913 (the friendly gentleman explains that), and it kept us from looping Gare Centraal more than three times before we went the right way towards the hotel :-/. Cheers, Jeremy

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